chou

[ shoo ]
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noun,plural choux [shooz for 1; shoo for 2 ]. /ʃuz for 1; ʃu for 2 /.
  1. a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.

  2. cream puff: delicious little choux topped with sugar crystals or streusel.

Origin of chou

1
First recorded in 1700–10; from French: literally, “cabbage,” from Latin caulis “stem”; see origin at cole

Other definitions for Chou (2 of 2)

Chou
[ joh ]

noun
  1. a dynasty in China, 1122?–256 b.c., marked by the division of China into separate feudal states and the emergence of important philosophical schools, especially Confucianism and Taoism.

  • Also Chow [chou; Chinese joh]; /tʃaʊ; Chinese dʒoʊ/; Pinyin, Zhou [joh] /dʒoʊ/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for chou (1 of 2)

chou

/ (ʃuː) /


nounplural choux (ʃuː)
  1. a type of cabbage

  2. a rosette

  1. a round cream bun

Origin of chou

1
C18 (a bun): from French, from Latin caulis cabbage

British Dictionary definitions for Chou (2 of 2)

Chou

Zhou

/ (tʃəʊ) /


noun
  1. the imperial dynasty of China from about 1126 to 255 bc

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